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• Impact of Migration to the Gulf in a Odisha Village | Radhakanta Barik

  22 July 2022, by Radhakanta Barik

  by Radhakanta Barik *
  INDIA IS THE LARGEST country of origin for international migrants. It is, thus, the world’s top recipient of remittances from Indians working abroad. Eight million workers working in the Gulf region help about forty million people within the country live well through these remittances, which not only benefit society but the government too. Besides the material benefits to families living in India, this access to funds allows people from small towns and villages to (…)

• The Panchayat Raj Plant In A Barren Soil | Farooq Ahmad Bakloo

  22 July 2022

  by Farooq Ahmad Bakloo *
  Panchayati Raj means to uplift the common people socially, politically, and economically and also connect them with the governance. In India, the Panchayati Raj system is one of the significant cornerstones of the democratic structure. This Panchayati Raj system is also acknowledged by the constitution of India under the 73rd constitutional amendment. Its prime purpose was to provide the citizens with the right to run their local administration themselves according (…)

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  IFS Officer Recalls Charms, Challenges | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  22 July 2022, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW __0__
  Indian Foreign Service: Charms and Challenges by T.P. Sreenivasan
  Current Books ISBN : 978-93-5482-615-3 Pages:108 Price: Rs 250 https://ebooks.dcbooks.com/indian-foreign-service-charms-and-challenges
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  Nawaz Sharif told Inder Kumar Gujral that neither could India give Kashmir to Pakistan nor could Islamabad take it; most Indian expatriates may have their minds in India but do not want to live there; Foreign Secretary Jagat Mehta was eased out of office by a (…)

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  Review: Dreeze on Revising the Revolution by Larry E. Holmes

  22 July 2022

  Reviewed by Jonathon Dreeze (Cornell College) __0__ Revising the Revolution: The Unmaking of Russia’s Official History of 1917
  by Larry E. Holmes
  Bloomington: Indiana University Press 2021. 220 pp. (paper) ISBN 978-0-253-05479-1; $27.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-253-05482-1.
  Historians pride themselves on the ability to study the past objectively and produce quality academic research. However, as political developments continue in the United States, with local and state governments (…)

• China’s diplomatic gambit in Pacific Island states | Sheel Bhadra Kumar

  22 July 2022, by Sheel Bhadra Kumar

  There are serious differences in perceptions and priorities between the Pacific island nations and larger powers in defining regional challenges and priorities. A strategic competition further complicates regional dynamics and undermines sovereign choices limiting options for sovereign islands.
  Over the past several decades, China has sought to gain militarily, economic and political clout over small states and tiny island countries throughout the pacific region. The US and its allies (…)

• Workers’ rights: how a landmark UN decision on safety and health will actually affect employees | Huw Thomas

  22 July 2022

  by Huw Thomas *
  June 24, 2022
  In what has been called the “biggest moment for workers’ rights in a quarter of a century”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a safe and healthy work environment as one of its five fundamental principles and rights at work for all at its June 2022 international conference. This is the first extension of workers’ human rights in almost 25 years and it means governments must now commit to respect and promote the right to a safe and healthy (…)

• Ukraine uses Russian invasion to pass laws wrecking workers’ rights | Thomas Rowley, Serhiy Guz

  22 July 2022

  by Thomas Rowley Serhiy Guz
  20 July 2022
  Zero-hours contracts set to be legalised and 70% of workforce exempted from workplace protections
  The Ukrainian parliament has passed two new radical measures on labour liberalisation, prompting fears of Ukrainians losing workplace rights permanently as Russia’s war puts huge pressure on the country’s economy.
  In two laws passed on Monday and Tuesday, MPs voted to legalise zero-hours contracts and made moves towards removing up to 70% of the (…)

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  Newspaper front page of 3 May 1974 on national railway strike in India

  22 July 2022

  3 May 1974, the national railway strike in India started. 1.7 million workers went on strike

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  Caricature: Tribute to Bhupender Singh | Jayaraj Vellur

  22 July 2022
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  Film Still from Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar (1963) with Vicky Redwood and Madhavi Mukherjee

  22 July 2022